Shanne — unisex name
48 babies named Shanne in U.S. Social Security records since 1968, with the highest year being 1974. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
48 girls have been named Shanne since 1968, peaking in the 1970s, last recorded in 1993.
- 48
- total births
- 1968–1993
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 33%
- born in that decade
33% of everyone ever named Shanne was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Shanne in 1974 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shanne
The Social Security Administration has registered 48 babies named Shanne between 1968 and 1993, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shanne currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1993. The name reached its historical peak in 1974, when 6 babies received it in a single year. Shanne is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 37 additional births since 1971.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shanne performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 16 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Shanne shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shanne in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 48 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Shanne at a glance
Last recorded 1993Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shanne popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–1968
- Peak year (1974)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 26 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1993.
48 total births across 26 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1974 with 6 births in a single year.
Shanne popularity over time — boys
37 total births recorded since 1971 (Shanne as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Shanne accounts for 44% of total recorded use across both genders.
Shanne by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 16 births that decade — 33% of Shanne's all-time total
Shanne decade highlights
- Peak decade 16 births
- Runner-up 16 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Shanne's strongest decade
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 33% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1968–1993 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.